The work is a mesmerizing romantic suspense/thriller about a macabre, doomed romance - a desperate love for an illusion.""If one can shame a coward,"" I felt, ""one might help him to regain his self-respect."" This was on my mind.Now, I freely admit that my method was wrong, but I hope you can understand my motive and will accept this explanation - and this apology.[Englund seemed possessed or he was tackling his own nightmares through his art - his macabre oil painting was of a razor-clawed, slashing Freddy with terrified victims.When Jack met up with Blackbeard, he bargained to turn over the chalices under certain conditions: (1) No harm to Angelica, (2) Return of his compass, and (3) Freedom for First Mate Gibbs.